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Game SERIES Debate to the Death! SF VS MK photo

I guess last week's debate was a Super Smash Bros. battle on stock mode set for 82 lives each -- truly a debate to the death. The result was not pretty, and reminiscent to those times when you were so drunk you could only lift your head high enough to see the stock score at the bottom of the screen plummet further each time your corpse fell off the map next to it. I had expected equally memorable drunken party moments to boost Mario Party's overall score, but the series aspect of the debate really did it in for good.

  • Mario Party series (7 votes) -- Sad toadstool mushroom man noise!
  • Super Smash Bros. series (82 votes) -- Watch Luigi fall on his face!

This week we return to one of our most notorious debates over the past few years. However, this time we will not just be comparing two games, but instead debating their entire series against one another. Neither series needs any introduction, but I do want to stress that this is a series debate, and all games from both sides should be taken into consideration.

Which series do you like better as a whole, and why? What aspects or individual games of the series made up your mind? Give it some serious thought, share your thought process with all of us, and then get some fighting genre friends to join in on the fun.

Bonus Question: What are you hoping to see in the future from the series you voted for?


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AstralDrmz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:53
AstralDrmz
This is actually a relatively tough debate. I do like both, but I guess I'd have to pick Street Fighter because of the fact that Mortal Kombat just slowly lost its touch while SF4 retains the value of the older Street Fighters. If there were to be a new MK that was like the old ones, I'd be excited. I just want them to keep SF the way it's supposed to be, but with a big roster (not one with Batman).
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:53
Dan CiTi
Street Fighter...why? Dudley.
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:54
Naim Master
This is a joke, right?

SF, Q
matrixdude171's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:55
matrixdude171
Mortal Kombat definitely, it was the first series to use the term "finish him!". Street Fighter never branched out like Mortal Kombat did, and it didn't have as many funny movies. I'm hoping to see a reboot of the storyline because it's too old for most new gen gamers, plus more characters to add variety.
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:56
akathatoneguy
Street Fighter series. The SF games always had more fluid animations and control over the characters, which is the key for me. To me, MK was always more of a novelty series based on some cool character designs and sweet fatalities. The babalities and other little things made me feel the series had jumped the shark, honestly. I did kind of like MK vs. DC though, a good guilty pleasure game!
TheDirtyHobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:57
TheDirtyHobo
This is almost as much a joke as last week's debate. Anyone who actually has any interest in the fighting genre will say Street Fighter. There's a very good reason MK died a slow and painful death while SF is still going strong today.

Bonus Question: SSF4 in DLC form. Not gonna happen, though.
D-503's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:58
D-503
Street Fighter.

Why? Street Fighter II. And the Street Fighter gameplay has been pretty solid throughout the years. Mortal Kombat has kinda trickled away.

What I want to see in the future? Nothing, really.
DanMazkin's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:58
DanMazkin
What is better? A juicy well cooked steak, or a week old quarter pounder thats been sitting in a gutter in the middle of summer?
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 21:58
mr spooky
Mortal Kombat 2 did have more characters, blood, fatalities, Bonus round, and hidden secrets. Capcom wouldn't like Mortal Kombat vs. Capcom game.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:00
DaedHead8
What it comes down to for me is Street Fighter Alpha 3 vs Mortal Kombat II. And I gotta go with Street Fighter, for obvious reasons.
anbia's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:05
anbia
Deadly Alliance brought Mortal Kombat back from the dead but Street Fighter never died in my book. Where's my MK II HD remake?! SF for the win!
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:05
pascuz46
Ill probably be one of the few to vote for MK. The MK series is great, sure its not the best or most even fighting game. But the massive back story of all the characters and the worlds cannot be matched by street fighter. I also find it alot more entertaining because its just so over the top to the point that its funny. I love the MK series.

MK gets my vote.
kefkaesque's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:08
kefkaesque
Street Fighter

It created the modern figthing game genre, and has vastly superior gameplay.
adultswim810's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:09
adultswim810
street fighter.
casesomething's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:09
casesomething
marvel vs... nevermind, street fighter.
Scion of Mogo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:12
Scion of Mogo
Street fighter. Because somehow they make a gag character awesome. And what do I want to see. and even more badass dan than he is in 4.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:13
Los255
My vote: Street Fighter

To the untrained eye, it's way more technical than your average fighter. Mind games, the terminology behind techniques and strategies is mind boggling, and much more exciting to see at a competitive level.

Bonus question: I would like to see a return to 2D sprites ala Third Strike. You just can't beat that level of beautiful 2D smoothness.

Also, maybe Tag Team modes along the lines of MVC2 style teamwork.
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:14
Pacopaco
Street Fighter all the way. Mortal Kombat arrived and definitely had its influence through the first few games, but the series is no longer relevant (in fact, it's more of a joke right now). Street Fighter on the other hand has had its weak entries, but it still manages to keep chugging along today.

Bonus: A more solid competitive-level system. Not sold yet on SF4 compared to some of the earlier entries.
taiki's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:16
taiki
Anyone who thinks this is close has some questionable taste in gaming.

As a whole, SF invented the fighting game genre. Before SF, we had... Yie Ar Kung Fu and Urban Champion as precursors to the genre, but special moves? Rounds? SF. What did Mortal Kombat bring us? Fatalities? Dial-a-kombos? Stiff, bland animations? Questionable jump to 3D graphics? I mean, SFIV isn't as pretty as Blaz Blue but it's not as ugly as the 3D MKs either. Everything looks like a mess in 3D for MK. I mean, how does Sonya Blade go from looking like a model to having a manface from hell? Chun Li atleast looks like the 2D chun li.

Oh, and *real* ninjas. Not this bullshit in plastic colorful padded suits. I'll take Gai and Ibuki over any of the bullshit MK Ninjas *any* day. SubZero? Scorpion? Rain? Smoke? More like non-jas.

No SF, no Fatal Fury, no Samurai Shodown, no King of Fighters, no Guilty Gear, no BlazBlue, no VF, no Tekken, no Art of Fighting. No MK? No problem.
Das Inchworm's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:16
Das Inchworm
street fighter
kevinski's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:17
kevinski
Street Fighter

Bonus: I'd like to see Capcom release modding tools for the PC versions of its games. I know that it'll never happen, though. It'd just be awesome to see how much more the modding community could do with official tools being released.
Ballistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:20
Ballistic
I've played a few of the Mortal Kombat games in the series going all the way back to the snes, and I've played a few of the Street Fighter games going back to the snes, and the Street Fighter series has always been a consistently broader, deeper, and overall better fighting game series. There was a point in gaming history where Kombat might have stood a chance against Street Fighter, but that ain't gonna happen now.

Street Fighter gets my vote!
taiki's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:21
taiki
oh Bonus Question? Easy. A KOF98 style dream match. Lots of characters, no story, no bullshit, just lots of good times and no crossovers.
artha14's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:22
artha14
I like mortal kombat but the first fighter I played and still play was a street fighter tittle soo..... Street Fighter. Can't argue with Ken's eybrows!
BulletMagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:27
BulletMagnet
Street Fighter, definitely - MK always felt stiff and jerky to me, and ultra-violence has never been to my taste. Not to mention that I much prefer the character designs of the former, on the whole.
DinnertimeNinja's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:27
DinnertimeNinja
This is one of the most obvious wins I've ever seen.

SF all the way.


MK is nothing more than a diversion every few years and has NEVER found a fighting system with any real staying power.


What do I want to see in the future of SF?

GIVE ME SKULLOMANIA IN SFIV OR GIVE ME DEATH!!
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:27
aborto thefetus
Street Fighter is the better game but MK has Cyrax.

I am in a terrible dilemma here.
FistfulOAwesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:27
FistfulOAwesome
So one-sided. SFII was the beginning of the Fighting Game Craze of the early 90's, and it's Super Turbo/HD Remix updates remain among the best fighting games ever made. Later games in the series such as SFA, SFIII, and the Crossover games are nearly as remembered and loved as it is. There's no beating the one true champ.

Bonus: An actual sequel, and not the cheap remake that IV is.
shadydentist's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:28
shadydentist
Street fighter, just because it has much more compelling gameplay. Not that I didn't have a good time with MK, but Street Fighter 2 (admittedly HD Remix) is still fun to play, while Mortal Kombat... not so much.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:28
pedrovay2003
Street Fighter may be better now, but Mortal Kombat was awesome in the day.

Mortal Kombat.
Steel Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:28
Steel Squirrel
Street Fighter
slbr's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:28
slbr
Street Fighter.
Each installation, a great fighting game
abydos's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:29
abydos
Street Fighter, because of the gameplay and variety. MK was great back in the day up to Ultimate, but after that it turned to crap. It's great with all the gore and awesome characters, but overall SF takes the cake.
witthaus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:33
witthaus
Definitely Street Fighter. Way more of my childhood was spent playing this game and I think the characters are way more memorable than MK (although it has plenty of memorable characters itself).
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:35
Xhumation
Street Fighter.

The thing I want to see the most is a proper Street Fighter sequel done in "D High Res artwork.
bashturd's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:35
bashturd
Street Fighter, it started it all.
mourning orange's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:36
mourning orange
Street Fighter, because it's Street Fighter. Substance is what it offers.

Mortal Kombat? Not so much.

Bonus: Create a fighter (would never work)
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:38
Fronz
Mortal Kombat by far. More imagination and creativity involved from the get go. By and large, SF feels like the same game it was since day one, which some may like and crave, but not me.

BQ: Push the boundaries more. Be bold and risky. Get yourself on the news again for doing something excessively violent. Make the next MK game the most stress relieving Scorpion-meets-Kratos-baby game imaginable.
Chaddicus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:38
Chaddicus
Street Fighter.
Birdman the Friendly's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:39
Birdman the Friendly
Street Fighter Alpha 3. Nothing more needs to be said.
Street Fighter all the way.
ohno's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:39
ohno
Street Fighter. Chun Li was my first video game love, and I still download hentai of her to this day.
feliponz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:43
feliponz
SF series.
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:49
Guagloves
Street Fighter.
cruzzercruz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:52
cruzzercruz
Street Fighter.

As if there were any doubt.
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:54
TheCleaningGuy
Darkstalkers and Guilty Gear. Which I wouldn't have without Street Fighter.
a0jer's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:54
a0jer
Even though MK:DA was the last good one I played, the Mortal Kombat series isn't afraid to try new ideas or genres and to me it has always been the more fun of the two. MK gets my vote.
Goutetsu's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 22:56
Goutetsu
Street Fighter.

Bonus Question: A future iteration that takes place after Street Fighter III with Ryu as the final boss. Christ, I am feeling nerdy today.
Zero_armada's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 23:01
Zero_armada
Street Fighter

The fighting system was "Easy to Learn, Hard to Master." MK was straight "Know what you're doing or die." Especially the finishers; MK had them first, but I feel that SF perfected them, I.E. making them a part of combat. They weren't for show; knowing how to do them actually meant something.

...Plus...MK just started sucking later on. Even after the multitude of rehashes for SF, they all honestly kicked ass to me, even the off-shoots. As a matter of fact, MK only really had 1 off-shoot I think, Shaolin Monks; I actually liked that game better than all of the MK games.
Dr Milkdad's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 23:07
Dr Milkdad
Street Fighter

BQ: More obnoxious menu music that slowly starts to grow on you until you start singing it in the shower. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiindestructible!
FitzLik3AlG0r3's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 23:13
FitzLik3AlG0r3
hahaha Man this better be a land slide.


Street Fighter.
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